woodknots Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 I just ordered a small lathe. I'm looking for a wood turning forum like this great scroll saw forum we have here. thanks in advance jeff Quote
amazingkevin Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 GOOGLE "WOOD TURNING FORUMS ,LOTS COM UP FOR YOU TO CHOSE FROM! woodknots 1 Quote
rjR Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 Here is a forum that is a little of everything! Very good group, like this one. http://lumberjocks.com/ woodknots 1 Quote
Clayton717 Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 www.penturners.org which is the site international association of penturners. (IAP) woodknots and Lucky2 2 Quote
Clayton717 Posted July 16, 2014 Report Posted July 16, 2014 Here is a link to the above site - http://www.penturners.org/forum/#community-forums lots of info and a great bunch of people Quote
daddy_tindell Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 Woodworking talk is a good one too...little bit of everything there..but have a seperate forum for woodturners....that is where i go for turning advice. what kind of lathe did you order? Quote
woodknots Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Posted July 17, 2014 I bought the rockler excelsior mini lathe. I ordered it through amazon I had a credit so it was a little out of pocket cost. Lucky2 1 Quote
Phantom Scroller Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 Just so you know Woodknots, you can ask questions on here for otherwoodworks there are a mass of turners come scrollers here who would be more than welcome to help out. Roly Happy turning. Rob Roy and woodknots 2 Quote
Scrappile Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 Most woodworking forum have a Woodturner section. woodknots 1 Quote
daddy_tindell Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 That is a good starter lathe. enjoy it. my lathe and my scroll saw are my 2 favorite toys woodknots 1 Quote
Scrappile Posted July 20, 2014 Report Posted July 20, 2014 My scroll saw has caused my lathe to sit idle for a while. Don't know which I like to use most, the scroll saw, the lathe, the table saw, the band saw, well, I guess I love to use them all. I don't really enjoy using the jointer (it scares me) or planer (too darn noisy). But I do use the. woodknots 1 Quote
Lucky2 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 Jeff, check these sites out, www.woodturnersresource or www.sawmillcreek.org both of these sites have wood turning and many other types of woodworking. The woodturners resource has a lot of videos that you can check out, another site that covers most types of woodworking is www.wmyoung.probords.com, there is a lot of helpful people on this site also. If you do a Google search like has been suggested, you'll find more places to visit then enough. Welcome to the Vortex!!! Len woodknots 1 Quote
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